Register for rotations of vehicle-wheels



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H. D. STUDABAKER.

REGISTER FOR ROTATIONS OF VEHICLE WHEELS, &c.

Patented June 19, 1894.

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I H. D. STUDABAKER. REGISTER FOR ROTATIONS 0P VEHIOLE WHEELS, &o.

No. 521,682. Patented June 19; 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

HUGH D. STUDABAKER, OF BLUFFTON, INDIANA.

REGISTER FOR ROTATIONS OF VEHICLE-WHEELS, 800..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 521,682, dated June19,1894.

Applicationfiledllovem'ber 27, 1893. Serial ITO-492,046. (No model.)

To all whom/it may concern:

Be it known that 1, HUGE D. STUDABAKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bluifton, in the county of Wells, in the State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in MechanicalMovements for Registers; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the invention,.which will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form partof this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in mechanical movements forregisters.

The object of my improvement is to provide a mechanical movement adaptedfor registering the number of revolutions made by any kind of a vehiclewheel in traveling, or for measuring the number of paces in walking.

My invention consists of a series of rotatable disks concentricallymounted on a supporting shaft rigidly fixed in a suitable containingcase, the firstor primary disk registering units, the second diskregistering tens, the third hundreds, &o., my improvement as shown beingadapted to register any number I from 1 to 99,999, each disk beingprovided with ten peripheral spurs and the said disks being rotated byan operating lever and a radial arm mounted on said shaft.

The novel feature of my improvement consists in the construction andarrangement of its operating parts whereby it is conveniently adaptedfor a variety of uses.

Referring now to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of myinvention with a portion of the case or front inclosing plate, cut awayto show the arrangement of the rotating or registering disks. Fig. 2 isa detail of the unlocking spring in its containing slot, adapted toengage the radial spurs of the adjacent disks. Fig. 3 is a detail of theguide plate 0 and the locking spring and adjacent parts. Fig. 4 is adetail of the operating lever and the radial arm pivotally connectedthereto and adapted to rotate the said disks. Fig. 5 is a detail showingthe locking spring in engagement with one of the peripheral spurs of therotating disks. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the lower face of the plate Ashowing the steps R, with the guide plates 0 and the locking springs Pin position thereon. Fig. 7 is a cross section of the devices shown inFig. 6 on the line 7--7.

The outer cover or casing in which the operating mechanism is inclosed,consists of the convex or front plate A, having integral annular stepsR. upon its inner surface, preferably four in number, as seen in Figs. 6and 7, perforated at its center for one end of the shaft I on which theregistering disks are mounted, and having a radial slot T through whichthe figures on the said disks may be read, and is provided with aholding spring a adapted to engage with the peripheral spurs on theprimary disk D and acts as a holdingpawl, and a flat rear plate Bsecured to the plate A in any proper manner, and provided with anextension or base portion B for securing my improvement in any desiredposition. The said plate B also has a central perforation in which theother end of the shaft I is rigidly secured.

The lower or primary disk D, rotatably mounted on the pivot or shaft I,is provided upon its periphery with a series of radial spurs 61, ten innumber at equal distances apart. The said disk D is also provided with atriangular slot cl adapted to contain a forwardly movable spring Kadapted to engage the radial spurs of the secondary disk E in a mannerhereinafter described.

The registering disks E, F, G, and H, are likewise rotatably mounted onthe pivot or shaft I and are provided upon their peripheries with a likenumber of radial spurs e, f, g, and h, respectively, and the said disksE, F, and G, are respectively provided with the triangular slots e,f,and g, containing respectively the engaging or unlocking springs L, M,and N, each of the said springs being adapted to engage the radial spursof the next adjacent disk in a manner hereinafter to be described. Atsuitable points on the inner surface of the said plate A, and near theslot T, as seen in Fig. 6, are arranged the guide plates 0 rigidlysecured to the said steps R, and each plate being of less thickness thanthe height of thesaid steps. These curved and rigid guide plates 0 arebut little longer than the distance between two of the spurs of theadjacent and overlapping the said adjacent spurs in passing.

Upon the inner surface of the plate A is firmly secured a series oflocking springs P having a suitable head P, as seen in Figs. 5 and 6,for engaging the said spurs, as seen in Fig. 3, and are placedimmediately behind the guide 0, as seen in Fig. 3.

The operating lever O is provided with a head 0' having a longitudinalslot b, Fig. 4, through which passes the pivot or shaft I, and a pin *marranged thereon parallel to the said shaft I and adapted to elevate thefree end of the arm J, in a manner hereinafter described. Immediately infront of and adjacent to the head of the said lever C is arranged theradial operating arm J, loosely mounted on the shaft 1 and provided witha bent spring or finger 11, arranged at right angles thereto and adaptedfor engagement with the radial spurs d on the periphery of the disk D,as seen in Fig. 1. The said arm .I is also provided with a smalllongitudinal slot 02 adapted to admit and retain the said pin m. Thesaid lever O and the said arm J are both arranged on the shaft I betweenthe plate B and the primary disk D, as seen in Fig. 1. The said radialor peripheral spurs of each of the said registering disks are allconsecutively and similarly numbered from right to left, or in adirection opposite from that in which the said disks are adapted forrotation when in use and are arranged to register units, tens, hundreds,dad, in the usual and well known manner.

The operation and manner of using my invention thus described are asfollows: My improvement by means of the base 13, is adapted forattachment to the aXle or other proper portion of a vehicle; to a bootor shoe of a pedestrian, or to the wall of a street car, or other placein which it is desired to use the same. The vertical or operating leverO is adapted for a limited upward or longitudinal movement on the shaftI by means of the slot 1), which upward; movement of the said lever Calso elevates the pivotally mounted radial arm J by means of the pin onin the slot at, as seen by dotted outline in Fig. 4. It is obviousthatthe said operation of the lever 0 may be effected in a variety ofways, dependent upon its location and use. If used as a pedometer it canbe operated by the striking of the free end thereof upon the ground ateach movement of the foot; if used upon a vehicle, by arranging aneccentric upon the wheel hub in a Well known manner. As the bent springor finger 2' of the said arm J is adapted to engage the radial spurs don the primary disk D, the elevation of said arm by the upward movementof the lever C will move the rotatably mounted disk D to the right justthe distance existing between two adjacent spurs d, which will bring thenext higher digit in order beneath the radial slot T, therebyregistering one movement of the said lever C. the disk D has no tendencyto rotate any of the remaining disks, because they are each securelylocked by the locking spring P as seen in Fig. 3, and the said disks arepreferably separated by suitable washers. But when the diskD is thusrotated until the unlocking spring K thereon reaches the guide 0, itwill be pressed downward thereby, and carried forward against the head Pof the locking spring P which head P is so constructed, as seen in Fig.3, as to permit the spring K to elevate the same, and itself engage thespur e. Another movement of the lever G will then rotate the disk D alike distance which will likewise rotate the secondary disk E an equaldistance on account of the engagement of the spring K with the said spure. The said spring or pawl K thus performs the double function ofreleasing or unlocking the retaining pawls P and of rotating the nextdisk of higher order of units to carry the tens. But the rotation of thedisk E passes the spring K beyond the guide 0 and thereby frees it fromits engagement with the said spur 6 until the primary disk D makes acomplete rotation, when the said disk F Will again be rotated as abovedescribed. It is thus evident that the primary disk D will register tendigits in units place in the said slot T while the secondary disk Eregisters one digit in tens place therein. In like manner the disk Ewill register ten digits in tens place, while the disk F registers onedigit in hundreds place, and so on throughout the series of registeringdisks.

It is obvious that any number of disks can be thus arranged to operatein the above described manner. In the present instance I have shown butfive of such disks, which are thus capable of registering any number upto 99,999.

Having thus described my invention and the manner in which the sameis tobe operated and applied, what I claim as my invention, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A mechanical movement for registers, comprising a series of rotatableregistering disks concentrically mounted on a supporting shaft in aslotted containing case, the said disks having an equal number ofperipheral spurs adapted for engagement with spring pawls as described,and provided with the springs K securely mounted in suitable slotstherein, and adapted to unlock said disks and engage said spurs asdescribed, the annular plates R rigidly secured to said case andprovided with the guides o and locking spring P, the transverse shaft Irigidly mounted in said case, and proper operating and retainingmechanism, all substantially as described.

2. In a mechanical movement for registers, the combination of a seriesof rotatable registering disks concentrically mounted on a supportingshaft, having an equal number of peripheral spurs for the purposespecified, and provided with the springs K mounted in The rotation inthis manner of IIO suitable slots as described, and a series ofanadapted to rotate the said disks, all substanto nular plates rigidlysecured to the plate A tially as described.

provided with the guides 0 and having the Signed by me, at Blufiton, 1nthe State of loleking springs P adapted to secure said Indiana, this 22dday of November, 1893.

p ates against rotation, with the containing case having a slot T, abase B, a perforation HUGH SPUDABAKER for the lever C and a holdingspring a, an op- Witnesses: erating lever C and a radial arm J having anNELSON K. TODD, engaging spring 2' on the free end thereof DON O. R.KOCHER.

